Princess Anne's visit to open the Middleton Grange Shopping Centre, May 27th 1970. Princess Anne is on her way to the College of Art in Church Square accompanied, to her left, by the Mayoress Mrs. Tuson and Councillor Frank Rogers. The Municipal Buildings can be seen in the background and several people have befriended Ralph Ward Jackson, the statue, in the centre background, in order to get a better view.
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Date (of image) : 27/5/1970
Creator : Northern Daily Mail
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Middleton Grange Shopping Centre was built in 1969 and officially opened by Princess Anne on 27th May, 1970. Originally open to the elements, it was converted to an Indoor Shopping Centre in 1992.
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